linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc/livepatch: Add livepatch header

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Message-ID: <1460639562.21066.7.camel@ellerman.id.au>
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:12:42 +1000
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, bsingharora@...il.com, duwe@....de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, pmladek@...e.com, jeyu@...hat.com,
	jikos@...nel.org, live-patching@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] powerpc/livepatch: Add livepatch header

On Thu, 2016-04-14 at 14:23 +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2016, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Apr 2016, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..ad36e8e34fa1
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/livepatch.h
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
...
> > > +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_LIVEPATCH_H
> > > +#define _ASM_POWERPC_LIVEPATCH_H
> > > +
> > > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > > +#include <linux/ftrace.h>
> > > +
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
> > 
> > We don't use these guards in our header files since 335e073faacc ("klp: 
> > remove CONFIG_LIVEPATCH dependency from klp headers").
> 
> ...but you're gonna need it in the next patch...

Yeah I know I said at one point those #ifdefs were unneeded, but then it turns
out we did want it on powerpc for other reasons.

cheers